Condiment-holder.



no. 646,734. Patented Apr. s, |900. M. L. HANSEN. connmeu HOLDER.

(Application filedJan. 2 1900.; (No Model.)

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MADS LAURI'IZ HANSEN, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

CONDIMENT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N O. 646,734, dated April 3, 1900.

Application filed January 2, 1900. Serial No. 1. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern: l

Be itknown that I, MADs LAURITZ HANSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Condiment-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a condiment-holder.

The object of the invention is to provide a condiment-holder, combined with the handle of a knife, fork, or spoon, which may be readily removed for the purpose of refilling and which when in place will not interfere with the manipulation of the knife, fork, or spoon for the purpose for which they are employed.

With this object in View the invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed,

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my improved condiment-holder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a View ot' the parts separated.

' I will now proceed to describe the construction and operation of my invention, in which I have shown it applied to a case-knife.

In the drawings, l denotes the blade of the case-knife, provided with a headv 2, formed with lips 3 and a shank 4, the free end of which is provided with a central screwthreaded aperture 5 and the opposite sides of which are provided with lugs 6.

7 denotes two clampingjaws pivoted to the lugs 6 and having their inner ends shielded by the lips 3. Leaf-springs 8 are riveted to the inner ends of the jaws and have their free ends bearing upon the opposite sides of the shank and serve toforce the extreme inner ends of the jaws firmly against the lips 3.

9 denotes the handle-sections, which are semi-elliptical in cross-section, or substantially so, to form, when their edges are brought together, an inclosing casing. These handlesections are preferably extensions ot' the jaws.

10 denotes a plug which is screwed into the aperture 5 of the shank and is provided with an externally-.screw-threaded head ll, upon which the iilling end of the cruet l2is adapted to be secured. This cruet is provided at its outer end with minute perfor-ations for the discharge of such condiment as it lnay contain. When in place between the handle-sections, the cruet is entirely inclosed. When it is desired to shake the condiment out of the perforated end of the cruet, the jaws are grasped at their inner ends and compressed, thus separating the handle-sections at their outer ends and permitting the condiment to be shaken from the cruet. When pressure is removed from the inner ends of the jaws, the handle-sections return to their normal position and close around the cruet. To fill the cruet, the outer ends of the handle-sections are separated, as before described, thus permitting the cruet to be unscrewed from the head of the screw-threaded stud and removed from between the handle-sections and refilled.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of my improved coudiment-holder will be readily apparent without requiring an eX- tended explanation. l

It will be seen that the device is simple of construction, that said construction permits of its manufacture at small cost, and that it is exceedingly Well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed, and it will of course be understood that various changes in the form, proportion,` and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departingv from the of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. The combination with a head of a table article such as herein described; saidhead being provided with a shank, spring-actuated jaws pivoted'to said shank, a cruet removably connected to said shank, and handle-sections projecting from said`jaws and adapted to in? close said cruet, substantially aspset forth.

2. Thevcombination with a head of a table article such as herein described; said head being provided with a shank havinga screwprinciple or sacrificing any IOC) In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two-subscribmg witnesses.

MADS LAURITZ HANSEN.

threaded socket, a plug screwed to said socket and provided with a head, spring actuated jaws pivoted to said shank, :L omet removably Secured to the head of said plug, and handle- 5 sections projecting from said jaws and adapt- Titnessesz HERMAN CHRISTIAN IIERMANSEN,

LOUIS KoHN.

ed to inelose lhe omet, substantially as set forth. 

